With a retro look, legendary flourishes, and the power to save Hyrule, the Game & Watch: The Legend of Zelda system is a jam-packed tribute to 35 years of the Legend of Zelda series. Adventure through three iconic classics and enjoy all-new old-school fun with this stylish handheld system.
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Really well-made device. If resting beautifully in the vitrine or re-living the classics, it makes a Zelda fan's heart jump.
Cool device with good games. I did not actually complete this, but that is mainly because of time, and I would rather play these on the Switch.
For a collector's item, this little device has some neat features. The first two games still play remarkably well, and sound great! Link's Awakening, while only being the original Game Boy version and not the Game Boy Color DX version, is still a joy to play. Vermin is a version of the original Game & Watch title with Link as the main character. There are two standard modes, and a third mode locked behind a "cheat" code. There are cheat codes for every game and the clocks as well. All three standard Zelda games will create save states when you move to and from games, and the clock features. All the games look sharp on this screen, too!
Speaking of the clock features, the clock and timer are both playable little mini-games. No real goal in them, other than just mess around, though the timer does contain a top score. Both items are fun to watch play out.
The only downside would have to be the light number of games and lack of the DX version of Link's Awakening. The two Oracle games would have been nice to have on here as well. However, despite all this, the Game & Watch: The Legend of Zelda is a fun little collectible item that has a great deal of charm. The games are still fun to this day, and the clock features are very cute.
If you can still find one, they're a nice little stocking stuffer.
Speaking of the clock features, the clock and timer are both playable little mini-games. No real goal in them, other than just mess around, though the timer does contain a top score. Both items are fun to watch play out.
The only downside would have to be the light number of games and lack of the DX version of Link's Awakening. The two Oracle games would have been nice to have on here as well. However, despite all this, the Game & Watch: The Legend of Zelda is a fun little collectible item that has a great deal of charm. The games are still fun to this day, and the clock features are very cute.
If you can still find one, they're a nice little stocking stuffer.
Sick for what it is
Super cool device. Love how instantaneous everything is and how sharp and crisp the screen is. I never thought that they'd release the original black and white Link's Awakening again (really should be on NSO but whatever), so I was blown away when that was announced. The Zelda II playable timer is very neat as well.
My biggest complaint is one I can't even really hold against it, but I wish this were simple to mod. It's such an ideal screen for NES and Game Boy games, probably a few other platforms as well, but modding it seems very cumbersome. Obviously they didn't intend it for that purpose anyway, but yeah. If you're big on the first two Zelda games, I think this is absolutely worth it.
Also, the packaging is really fun and nice to look at, one box I never see myself throwing away. Took me way too long to find the charger because of where it's hidden.
My biggest complaint is one I can't even really hold against it, but I wish this were simple to mod. It's such an ideal screen for NES and Game Boy games, probably a few other platforms as well, but modding it seems very cumbersome. Obviously they didn't intend it for that purpose anyway, but yeah. If you're big on the first two Zelda games, I think this is absolutely worth it.
Also, the packaging is really fun and nice to look at, one box I never see myself throwing away. Took me way too long to find the charger because of where it's hidden.
Great cute little system to bring on the go with some amazing classics!